S.I. No.298 of 2006

European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2) 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Decision 2006/354/EC¹ of 11 May 2006, hereby make the following regulations:-

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2) 2006.

2.  The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) Regulations 2005 ( S.I No. 632 of 2005 ) are amended

by -

(a)  the substitution, for the definition of -�Commission Decision-� in regulation 2(1), of -

-� -�Commission Decision-� means Commission Decision No. 2005/648/EC² of 8 September 2005 as amended by Commission Decision No. 2006/263/EC of 27 March 2006³ and by Commission Decision No. 2006/354/EC of 11 May 2006;-�.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order amends S.I No 632 of 2005 and gives effect to Commission Decision 2006/354/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to avian products being imported from certain administrative districts of Bulgaria where there have been outbreaks of Newcastle Disease.

Instrument No. :

Instrument Title:    The European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from certain districts of Bulgaria) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2) 2006

¹ OJ No. L132, 19.5.2006, p 34

² O.J. no. L238, 15.09.2005, p.16.

³ OJ No. L95, 4.4.2006, p 3